Mohsen Tanabandeh, a prominent Iranian actor and director, mourned his nephew

The heavily armed and ideologically aligned Hezbollah in Lebanon represents perhaps the most potent conventional threat to Israel among Iran's proxies. With a vast arsenal of rockets and missiles, and battle-hardened fighters, Hezbollah's presence on Israel's northern border is a constant source of concern. Any significant escalation between Israel and Hezbollah is widely understood to be a direct extension of the Iran-Israel rivalry, with Tehran ultimately pulling the strategic strings.